Date: 1797
"With the society of La Pietà , Olivia had thus found an asylum such as till lately she had never dared to hope for; but, though she frequently expressed her sense of this blessing, it was seldom without tears; and Ellena observed, with some surprise and more disappointment, within a very few days...
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1798 [1797?]
"Hail, happy dawn! thy glorious sun shall rise, / Beam on the dreary night of polar skies; / Chase the thick mists of ignorance away, / And on the darkest mind emit full day."
preview | full record— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Date: 1799
"Then I began to revolve the consequences, which the mist of passion had hitherto concealed"
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
Words may operate on the "frame like lightning"
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"Then I began to revolve the consequences, which the mist of passion had hitherto concealed."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
The fatal mist through which one judges may be dispelled
preview | full record— Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1800
"So the schemes / Rais'd by fond Hope in youth's unclouded morn, / While sanguine youth enjoys delusive dreams, / Experience withers; till scarce one remains / Flattering the languid heart, where only Reason reigns!"
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)